Love curves and heartbreak novel Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Let’s talk

I was so damn tired. I was so depressed that I wasn’t Priscilla anymore. I was some kind of grumpy zombie.

“Hello? What the hell happened?” Tommy asked. He, one of my best friends, is here, thank God!

*I…I’m just…”

“God, Babe…you are really stressed about this situation. It’s unbelievable!” He’s taking a vacation because of Lily’s wedding and to be with the whole family.

“It’s worse than you think or what you see, Tommy; she’s exhausted all the time, forgets things and nervous all the time, I don’t know what to do Suzy clarifies.

We are in our apartment having a little slumber party. Not a very funny one. We have been talking about various topics, but the main attraction right now is my state of mind.

And I haven’t even mentioned the intense encounter in the dressing room, the touching, the caressing, the passion. Oh boy… that was something. Sometimes I remember that moment and my mind flies. Even when I try to forget it, I can’t.

“Seriously, Ethan is a pain in the ass, and I have no doubt that he gives you a hard time; he is very demanding. I can only imagine working with him and seeing him in the wedding preparations!” Tommy exclaims.

“It’s a fucking nightmare!” Suzy yells.

It is true. Work at the office is intense, and Ethan is getting more and more involved. He seems to be the worst boss ever in the world, for me, was a dictator, but for the rest of my colleagues… he was a saint!

Magnificent Brandon who is going to solve all our problems, I mean he brings more problems! How come no one but me noticed?

Sorry for the rant… going to the office has become incredibly stressful.

On top of that, there are a thousand things to do at Lily’s wedding meetings, and she has involved me in everything as if I were part of the

family.

And I can’t object or say no to anything because her family has been so nice!

Everyone loves Lily and wants to do right by her on her big day.

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But the problem wasn’t the job or anything… it was Ethan. Talking to him makes me nervous. Sometimes I think he is so obsessively perfectionist and demanding that he needs to spend more time by my side and keep an eye on me.

I don’t know if he doesn’t trust me or what, but he never misses an opportunity to be by my side, and when no one notices, he brushes my hand or adjusts my hair, little touches here and there.

Sometimes he mentions things from our childhood or tries to get back to the subject of kissing. Dear God… no, please, no.

“I really don’t know what to do, guys,” I say sadly. “I have a confession to make: I didn’t watch Outlander, the season finale.”

“B–But how? We watch it together!” Suzy says.

‘I fell asleep… I didn’t really pay attention,” I confess, ashamed. They both cry. Tommy covers his mouth with his hands in an exaggerated gesture.

“You didn’t see Jamie… Jamie Fraser? The handsome Scottish man in the skirt? How could you?” he cries.

“Who are you?” Suzy shakes her head in obvious horror.

“I have no will to live… Ethan is my worst nightmare and he pushes me to do what he says, and he looks at me… in a strange way. As if he wanted to tell me something. I swear I don’t know what’s going on in his head, but I live in a constant state of panic. Imagine what it’s like to live with your worst bully almost every day! And then every weekend talking about the wedding.”

“Boo, you have to come up with a solution, Suzy says.

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Chapter 10 Let’s talk

“Babe, I can stay with you at Lily’s wedding activities, I’ll be your guardian, Tom says, and suddenly I get a message from Lily asking if we can meet before tomorrow to talk about the new design, Ethan needs to see something.

I want to cry. It’s like psychological torture. This man is my shadow.

“I have no peace,” I lament. Suddenly I have an idea.

“What if I talk to my boss? Maybe I should be honest with him? I don’t know… I can ask him to switch accounts or have someone else look into things with Ethan. Maybe I can focus on other things“.

Maybe it could work. This is a good chance to tell the truth, that I feel tired and uncomfortable. I mean, what’s the worst–case scenario?

Oh boy, how wrong I was.

“What? What do you mean?” my boss asked, looking at me like I was a spoiled little girl trying to change her toys.

‘I just… I mean…my workload is crazy, I have a lot of overtime, this situation would cause me to burn out,” I explained, but he made me feel bad terrible.

“Priscilla, I don’t recognize you. I mean… we both know this is an extraordinary opportunity. Do you have any idea how important it is to have clients like this? It’s one in a million! It is a golden ticket that every designer would kill to have. And all thanks to Mr. Fairfax… and you want to be far away from him. I really don’t understand,” he lectures me.

I feel even worse. I’m not the kind of person who fears a challenge.

“Sure, you have a lot of responsibilities, maybe I can find an extra pair of hands to help you“.

Please don’t mention Kate, don’t mention Kate….

“And of course Kate can help a bit more, I’m pretty sure she wants to be more involved…”

Shit… this is getting worse and worse.

“Understood… sorry to bother you with this…”

I said to him and as I was leaving he spoke to me again.

“I really don’t understand Priscilla. You know what the worst part is? I put you on this project mainly because you had a connection with Fairfax and that would help him choose us,” he pointed out.

What connection?

“I don’t understand. I was very honest when I told you that we have known each other since childhood. I really don’t know the man at all right now,” I reply.

*Priscilla… he asked you to lead these projects. That’s why only you should work with Fairfax. Understand?”

I was petrified and could not say anything else.

What the hell? What’s really going on in Ethan’s head? I don’t know if he’s trying to help me or ruin me. Maybe I’m an ungrateful brat. Maybe he is just a good friend?

Great, now I’m not only tired, burnt out, nervous, but my boss will think less of me. At least I was happy with Tom. He was true to his word and stayed by my side, holding my hand and laughing at the wedding–related events.

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